Just like that, Ole Miss is now Shea Patterson's team.
With the unceremonious departure of head coach Hugh Freeze, the captain of what could be a sinking ship in Oxford is now a sophomore quarterback with three collegiate games under his belt.
Ole Miss self-imposed a one-year postseason ban in February after it received an NCAA notice of allegations that accused the school of lack of institutional control and Freeze of failure to monitor his coaching staff. So this team already had zero postseason aspirations. No SEC championship possibilities. No bowl game.